Future of Democracy X Miami Book Fair: Knight Foundation’s Sam Gill unwraps a lesser-known truth of American history with Candacy Taylor, author of Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America. Taylor shares her historical expertise on what the “Green Book” meant for Black Americans and how the concept of sundown towns have evolved in […]
Future of Democracy X Miami Book Fair: As we tread the depths of one of the most intense periods of political unrest this country has ever seen, Knight Foundation’s Sam Gill discusses The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III with its authors, Susan Glasser and Peter Baker. The two political journalists share their thoughts on how […]
Future of Democracy X Miami Book Fair: American farms have always been a backbone of this country. Sarah Frey, author of The Growing Season: How I Built a New Life – and Saved an American Farm, shares her thoughts on what can be done to support rural communities and the critical impact of American farms – bowed but […]
Future of Democracy X Miami Book Fair: Now more than ever, Americans are gazing across a vast political divide. But what about those in the middle? Political pundit P.J. O’Rourke, author of A Cry from the Far Middle: Dispatches from a Divided Land, dissects that viewpoint with Knight Foundation’s Sam Gill. This program is part of The Future of Democracy […]
Future of Democracy X Miami Book Fair: Poet Nikki Finney sits down with Knight Foundation’s Sam Gill for a candid discussion of Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry: Poems and Artifacts, an intimate reflection on what her poetry and work mean to her, and what Black artistry means to our democracy. This program is part of The Future of Democracy X Miami […]
Future of Democracy X Miami Book Fair: Join Knight Foundation’s Sam Gill as he sits down with Doris Weatherford to discuss Victory for the Vote: The Fight for Women's Suffrage and the Century that Followed. Coming on the heels of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, it’s an extremely timely topic – and one with present-day insights. This program is […]
Writer and musician Mikel Jollett's memoir, Hollywood Park, sings the song of a remarkable arc of a life that started with poverty, addiction, and emotional abuse, and yet, improbably, led to Stanford University and the former on-air columnist for NPR’s “All Things Considered” finding his voice. Joining him is Hamilton Cain, author of the memoir This Boy's […]
About Oba William King: Oba is a small town storyteller-sharing the art of storytelling as though it were a sacred gift. A member of the National Association of Black Storytellers, recent presenter at the Kennedy Center, The National Storytelling Festival in Jonesboro, Tennessee. Oba is a Traditional Folk Arts fellowship recipient from the Illinois Arts […]
If you live in Miami, you’ve definitely seen Didi’s work on walls! Didi is a local street artist whose work always features gorgeous colors and movement. While her art ranges, her tutu and mermaid girls are some of her most iconic characters on the streets of Wynwood and walls all over Miami. Follow along with […]
Eddie S. Glaude Jr., author and James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, weaves biography, memoir, and social and political analysis as he explores James Baldwin's crucible, a place of hope and guidance in this Trumpian era of shattered promises and white retrenchment. Speaking with him is historian and […]
Described by the New York Times as “a remarkably revealing glimpse into the world of a muzzled yet irrepressibly ebullient neighbor,” Anthony DePalma’s The Cubans: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times is carefully researched volume that delivers a moving portrait of the resiliency and courage of people in Cuba navigating a post-Castro reality. Joining him is his wife, Miriam Rodriguez […]
Alice Feeney’s His & Hers boasts dueling multiple narrators who reveal unexpected sides of the same story at the center of a murder case. With a brilliantly constructed plot that keeps readers guessing at every turn, it’s a deliciously tension-filled, twisting, and gripping narrative. She’s discussing her characters’ motivations and inner shadows – and the […]